Sports

Area wrestlers named to Region 1 Hall of Fame

Several area residents are among those recently named to the Mayo Civic Center Region 1 Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2021. Among those honored are athletes Jason Rhoten, Kasson-Mantorville High School; Chris Steele, Hayfield High School and athlete/coach Mike Buringa, Plainville-Elgin-Millville...

High school winter sports getting back on track

Area high school athletes are hitting the court and mats to shoot hoops and wrestle, as winter sports get off to a late start because of Covid-19. According to the governor’s orders, winter sports were delayed until Jan. 4, with teams starting practicing that day and first games being held in...

Nick Retzer works on leg strength as Director of Personal Training Zach Hodgson checks in on the trainee.

Activity ramps up at Anytime Fitness

The Anytime Fitness operations in Byron and Kasson are seeing an uptick in new memberships as they typically do at the start of a new year. What they’re still recovering from are previous business shut downs due to COVID-19. The latest shutdown was from Nov. 17 through Dec. 19, said Zach Hodgson,...

KM football coach, players honored for season’s efforts

Although the season was short, the Kasson-Mantorville football players and coaches were well recognized for their efforts. The KoMets took the field six times this season and brought home the Section 1AAAA title. Due to COVID-19, there was no state advancement this year. The team received great...

MSHSL approves plan for a return to winter activities

Minnesota State High School League’s Board of Directors last week approved a flexible plan for the restart of winter activities when clearance is provided by state governmental leaders. Executive Order 20-99 is currently in place, a directive that mandates a four-week pause in activities designed...

KM KoMets finish their COVID season with a win

Kasson-Mantorville KoMets had their last volleyball game of the season on their home turf against the Jordan Jaguars last week. The first set started out with Jordan taking the lead 2-0 until Maddy Cummings and Shae Sands both received a kill tying the game 2-2. After a long back and forth round,...

Minneota dominates KM in volleyball

KoMets home game against Minneota started out pretty repetitive. KM’s Maddy Cummings got the first point of the match and Maddie Converse fed off of that energy with getting her eleventh Ace of the season. The score started its recurring ties at 2-2. Cummings gets another one down adding to the...

The Kasson-Mantorville varsity football team posed last week on the field after winning the Section 1AAAA championship. The KoMets defeated the Byron Bears 7-0.

KM wins Section 1AAAA championship; beats Byron 7-0

Covid-19 once again dictated the football schedule for the KoMets. No longer was there to be a full play-off bracket for the section title, but rather one game, head-to-head for the crown. No state berth, no advancement. The KoMets secured the #1 seed in the section, going 4-1 on the season and...

KoMets keep their winning streak; defeat Byron

It was a Monday night game between two local rivals, the Kasson-Mantorville KoMets versus the Byron Bears. The game started with Byron earning their first point but KoMets got theirs seconds after. The match was a very heated one with very repetitive sets. During the first set, the KoMets...

Kasson-Mantorville honored their senior football players and cheerleaders at the game on Wednesday, Nov. 11. Seniors included, front row: Cassidy Cowden, Kyler Kujath, Mitchell Nel- son, Jackson Kennedy, Logan Leth, Marquise Sims, Mazy Gilbertson; back row: Keyan Smith, Jakob Aarsvold, Jace Bigelow, Logan Laures, Aaron Winkle, Caleb Wright, Aiden Hugeback.

KM football celebrates Senior Night

This year, we celebrate every game. Every chance the players get to step on the field is a special moment. On Nov. 11, we celebrated our seniors. The Class of 2021 is made up of 12 players and two cheerleaders. “A great group of players that we have been fortunate to work with over the years,”...